Car-derailing device.



GAE DEEAILING DEVICE.

APPLIQATION FILED FEB. 4,1908.

Patented June 22, 1909.

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c. W. REINOEHL @L W. M. HENDERSON.

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IYITNESSES /Tf 1S* G. W. REINOEHL & W. M. HENDERSON. GAR DERAILING DEVICE.

I APPLIOATION FILED PEB. 4,1908. 925,725, A Patented June 22, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. REINOEHL AND WILLIAM M. HENDERSON, OF STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-DERAILIN G DE VICE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. REL NOEHL and WILLIAM M. HENDERSON, citizens of the United States, and residents of Steelton, Dauphin county, State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Derailing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a plan view of our derailer, as

in place in connection with a rail. Fig. 2 is a section on the line C-C, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line A-A, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line B-B, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an elevation of Fig. 1, looking toward the derailer in a direction parallel withits line of movement; that is, at an angle to the rail in connection with which it is employed.

The object of this invention is to provide a device Such that when in place in connection with a railroad rail, if a car or the like be moved in one direction in contact therewith, said car will be derailed; and if the car be approaching along the rail from the opposite direction, its contact with the device will merely move the latter out of the way and permit the car to pass beyond the same.

To these ends the invention consists in mounting upon a suitable frame adjacent a railroad rail, a movable, and in this instance, spring controlled, plate, whose plane of movement is at such angle to the rail that the Wheel of a car approaching in one direction will abut against a portion of said plate at such an angle that the latter will be moved out of the way and permit the passage of the car; but when the car approaches from an o posite direction, it will abut against said p ate almost at right angles to its plane of movement, and therefore the wheel of the car be derailed.

The invention further consists in features and details of construction hereinafter pointed out. i

In the drawings, 1 is a frame or base secured in place upon a suitable tie (not shown), and abutting against the outer side of a track rail 2. This frame 1 is provided with a plane upper surface 3 and side portions 4 provided with outwardly extending flanges 5. Supported upon and adapted to slide longitudinally upon the upper surface 3 of said frame, is a plate 6, Whose lateral` edges 7 are turned downwardly and inwardly about the flanges 5 which form guide-ways for said plate, whereby said plate may be slid on said guideways in a direction at considerable angle to the track rail 2, as seen in Fig. 1. That is, the plane of movement of said plate on one side thereof constitutes an acute, while on the other side it constitutes a corresponding obtuse angle. The inner edge of the plate 6, when in its inner or operative position, rests upon and overlaps the head of the track-rail 2, and from a point 8 adjacent the longitudinal center line of said plate,` (which extends to the inner edge of the head of the track rail) a flange 9 extends from the said obtuse angle to a point considerably beyond the head of the track rail 2, the direction of said flange being almost at right angles to the plane of movement of said plate. Extending from said point 8 in an opposite direction to that of the flange 9, is a second flange 10, rising from a fioor portion 11 which overlies and rests upon the head of the track rail. This last mentioned flange 10 extends beyond the outer side of the track rail head, and its direction is nearly parallel with the plane of movement of said plate, all for a reason hereinafter described.

In this instance the plate 6 is held in the position shown in the drawings-that is, in operative position, its inner edges overlying the track rail 2-by a springv12, extending between the rear or outer end of the frame 1, and a limb 13 depending from the said plate 6; a rod 14 being provided to maintain said spring in place and constitute a guide for said imb.

The parts being in the position shown in the drawings, assuming the track rail 2 to be one of the rails of asiding and acar approaching in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, a wheel thereof impinges against the face of the flange 9 and the angle of impact of said wheel to the plane of movement of the plate 6 being considerably greater than a right angle, said wheel merely pushes the plate rearwardly along its guide ways against the stress of the spring 12, and passes on over the then unobstructed track beyond the plate 6, and into the siding; the said late 6, upon disengagement with the whee being returned by the spring 12 to its original position. If, however, a car on the siding approach the device from the opposite direction to that of the arrow in Fig. 1, the wheel thereof will ride upwardly upon the floor 1 1 of the plate 6,

and impinge against the flange 10 at an angle almost at right angles to the plane of the movement of said plate 6; that is, at an angle thereto so great that there will be no tendency to move the said plate outwardljT upon its support. Whereupon, said flange 10 will force the said wheel inwardly, and so derail the same.

Ve remark that the floor portion 11 may be omitted; but the advantage of the employment of the same is that the wheel will ride upon said floor and therefore press the same tightly into contact with the underlying head of the rail 2 before the rim of said wheel contacts with the said flange l0, thereby holding the said plate 6 against any tendency of the same to move in a direction parallel with the rail, upon impingement of the wheel rim with said flange.

It may be desired, at times, to have the derailing device held out of active position; that is, withdrawn from position where it will be engaged by the car wheels. For this purpose, we provide a rod, l5, passing through and engaging the lower end of the depending limb 13 of the plate 6, and whose other end is connected to a switch stand or other suitable operative device (not shown). Also, the spring 12 may be omitted, if desired, in which case the plate 6 would be moved into position by hand or from the switch stand whenever it had been pressed out of position by a passing car.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the rail; a support having exterior guiding surfaces adjacent said rail; and a member mounted on said support exteriorly thereof and fitted to said surfaces and movable obliquely toward and away from the rail; said member being provided with a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to a point beyond the outer face of the rail head.

2. The combination of the rail; a support having exterior guiding flanges adjacent said rail and a member mounted on said support exteriorly thereof and fitted to said flanges and movable obliquely toward and away from the rail, said member being provided With a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to a point beyond the outer face of the rail head.

3. The combination of the rail; a support adjacent thereto; a member fitted to said support and movable thereon obliquely toward and away from the rail, said member being provided with a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to a point beyond the outer face of the rail head; a lug extending downwardly from said member; and an operating rod connected to said lug.

4. rlhe combination of the rail; a support adjacent thereto having a part seated against the rail within the fishing space thereof; and a member fitted to said support and movable thereon obliquely toward and away from the rail, said memberbeing provided with a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to apoint beyond the outer face of the rail head.

5. The combination of the rail; a support adjacent thereto and a member engaging the under side of the rail head and fitted to said support and movable thereon obliquely toward and away from the rail, said member being provided with a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to a point beyond the outer face of the rail.

6. The combination of the rail; a hollow support having an opening in the top thereof and arranged adjacent said rail; amember fitted to said support and movable thereon obliquely toward and from the rail; said member being provided with a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to a point beyond the outer face of the rail head; a lug extending downwardly from said member and through said opening into said support; and a spring acting upon said lug and said support and forcing said member toward said rail.

7. The combination of the rail a hollow support having an opening in the top thereof and arranged adjacent said rail; a member fitted to said support and movable thereon obliquely toward and from the rail; said member being provided with a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and ilo extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to a point beyond the outer face of the rail head; a lug extending downwardly from said member and through said opening into said support; a spring acting upon said lug and said support and forcing said member toward said rail; and an operating rod connected to said lug.

8. The combination of the rail; a hollow support adjacent the rail and havingexterior guiding flanges and an opening in the top thereof; a member mounted on the support and fitted to said flanges and movable obliquely toward and away from the rail, said member being provided with a part extending over the head of the rail and a flange rising from the inner portion of said part and extending rearwardly obliquely to the rail to a point beyond the outer face of the rail head; a lug extending downwardly from said meniber and through said opening into said sup- 5 port; and a spring acting upon said lug and said support and forcing said member to- Ward said rail.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto affixed our signatures.

CHARLES WV. REINOEHL. VILLIAM M. HENDERSON. Witnesses:

BENT L. WEAVER, WvM. R. MILLER. 

